#8A8AAD#8A8AAD

#8A8AAD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.052 H 284.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8AAD
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 173)
HSL	hsl(240, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(240, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, 7.58, -18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 19.88, 292.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.0133 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.052 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1108, 26.5970, 43.2325)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8AAD #ADAD8A

analogous

#8A9BAD #8A8AAD #9B8AAD

triadic

#8A8AAD #AD8A8A #8AAD8A

tetradic

#8A8AAD #AD8A9B #ADAD8A #8AAD9B

square

#8A8AAD #AD8A9B #ADAD8A #8AAD9B

split-complementary

#8A8AAD #AD9B8A #9BAD8A

monochromatic

#4E4E6F #676793 #8A8AAD #AEAEC6 #D2D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#8A8AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#8A8AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8AAD

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8AAD	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.052 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacc5',
    500: '#8a8aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8aad;
$custom-light: #acacc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 17.588,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64591,
    "c": 0.05197,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8AAD

secondary

#D0D0C3

accent

#9C4A9C

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8AAD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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